Those matches will happen. The NHL has expanded outdoor games beyond the Winter Classic. The Classic is still a big TV event for the NHL on a good TV day, so they are going to try and get the best rated matches and the Capitals-Hawks will be strong for them.

Over the next 5-6 years, I am sure almost every team in the league will be in an outdoor game.

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"The Stanley Cup has fallen from the Stars. The new millennium has its first Stanley Cup Champion, and it's the New Jersey Devils." Mike Miller calling the Devils winning the Stanley Cup.

"It goes to the captain and then there are handoffs during a skate around the ice" Mike Emrick as Scott Stevens is being presented the Stanley Cup.